Vantage Point

A fun action packed semi-intelligent thriller. Some interesting twists (though many of the big ones are unnecessarily revealed in the trailer).

Takes a lot of liberties with what it expects you to believe so watch it with an open mind.

Performances are standard fare for this type of thing with the exception of a startlingly terrible one by otherwise solid Forest Whitaker.

Well shot and solidly structured though at points it can be a bit repetitive (an interesting way to stretch 60 minutes worth of footage into 90).

All in all, solid and entertaining even if its not that engaging.

Final note: I wouldn't say it's so much different people's perspectives on a single event (i.e. a vantage point) as it is telling what these different people were doing at the time.

Score: 2 and a half shots fired (out of 5)

A twisted tangle of talk:

"Sir, we have to act strong."
"No, we have to BE strong."

Barry Levy plotted it, Pete Travis showed us all the different sides

Dennis Quaid, Matthew Fox, Forest Whitaker and William Hurt misled us.